Vampyre Names

There is a tendency among modern day Kin, which may be viewed as part of the dayside/nightside philosophy: each of us has a shinai (mundane) name, and we take a Vampyre name not only to express our heartfelt inner desire to connect with our inner Vampyre (our nightside), but also to protect our shinai identity (dayside) on chat sites or at community gatherings, or even when meeting with new donors, or even among Kin.

It is part of our self-acceptance process to choose for ourselves the name by which we will become known to the community – a way to come of age, a social rite of passage if you will. In some formal communities Kin are inducted into a social group or circle, and they are introduced by the name they have chosen for themselves.

Most choose their nightside name in dayside tradition, that is – a first and last name, or family name, sometimes including one or more middle names. Some don’t feel the need, but that is a matter of preference.

There are loads of names from ancient cultures that can be applicable to Vampyres. Some in use today in the community are new and unique, from the goth scene or influenced by fiction – or just plainly the result of creativity.

In the list of names follows below, these have been marked as masculine or feminine or as family names. Obviously, these are open to interpretation. If you are newly awakened and in need of a Vampyre name, we hope this helps you.

The same names are often also given to Swans by Vampyres, or adopted by them, although in South Africa the tendency is for some Swans to incorporate the word “Cygnus” (meaning Swan) as a middle name or first part of a double barreled last name, eg Xxx Cygnus-Xxxx. Some clans, orders or Houses or even family groups employ a family or common last name, eg “Acheron Nobis” and “Amaia Nobis”. One current example of this trend in South Africa is House Valur, which employs a common middle name. (eg Octarine Valur (the Founder, having no middle name), followed by Psion Valur De Nocte, Lunah Valur Eir, Danae Valur Draco etc).

First names:

A

“Acheron” – ♂

“Adevarat”/”Advarat” – ♂

“Adrasteia” – ♀

“Ahzek” – ♂

“Alani” -

“Aldon” – “old friend, wise protector”. ♂

“Aleron” – “on the wing”. ♂

“Alfes” – ♂

“Algul” – ♂

“Aluga” – ♂

“Alumit” – meaning “secret”.

“Alvantin” – ♂

“Amaia” – meaning “end”. ♀

“Amaya” – Japanese word for “night rain”. ♀

“Amaryllis” -

“Amaranth” – ♂

“Amberlyn” – ♀

“Amhubet”/”Amhubet” – ♀

“Amun” – i) reconstructed Egyptian Yamānu (also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen or Yamun, Greek Ἄμμων Ammon, and Ἅμμων Hammon), was a God in Egyptian mythology and Berber Mythology who in the form of Amun-Ra became the focus of the most complex system of theology in Ancient Egypt. ii) phonetic root of the Judeo-Christian ritual word “amen”, used to close prayer and which means “make it so” or “so may it be” – a synonym for the Wiccan “so mote it be”.

“Andros” – meaning “breath”. ♂

“Annis” -

“Arachna” – “of the spider”.

“Aramanthia” – ♀

“Ardat” – ♂

“Argent” – ♂

“Armon” – ♂

“Ashes”/”Ash” -

“Ashling” – meaning “dream” or “vision”.

“Asphodel” – (ref. the Asphodel Meadow) a place in Greek mythology where people who acted equally good and bad went, i.e. a plane for ordinary people.

T

“Thana” – ♀ A name alluding to the Thanes in old Scotland, who were dukes and lords. Thana could be considered the feminine of this rank.

“Theophana” – ♀

“Thorne” – i) the thorn on the stem of a beautiful rose ii) the snake in paradise. iii) the thorn in the side of one’s enemy. ♂

“Thunder” – loud, strong, awesome, echo of lightning. ♂

“Tia” -

“Tristram” – meaning “sadness”. ♂

U

“Uros” – ♂

V

“Vail”/”Vayle”/”Veil” -

“Val” -

“Valdis” – ♀ – meaning “goddess of the dead.

“Valkyrja” – ♀

“Vega” – meaning “falling star”, a reference to Nyx, goddess of the night who appeared in the company of stars, worshiped by Vampyres.

“Velvet” -

“Vespera” – meaning “evening star”.

W

“Whisper” – meaning softly or silent. ♀

“Willow” – meaning the tree of the goddess. ♀

“Wintyr” – ♀

X

Y

Z

“Zaphara” -

“Zefyr/Zephyr” -

“Zillah” -

Last and Dynastic Names in South Africa:

“Anathan” – [Samael Anathan, Kin, (first of his name)]

“Dantis” – [Rose Dantis, swan (first of her name)]

“Daray” – meaning ‘dark’. [Corbin Daray, Kin (first of his name)]

“Draegan” – [Gabriele Draegan, Kin (first of her name)]

“Escher” – [Aura Escher, Kin (first of her name)]

“Nobis” – Latin, meaning “of us”.

“Mortumi” – meaning “the last”.

“Satanei” – [Lamia Satanei, Kin (first of her name)]

“Valkir” – Valkir/Valkirie/Valkyr: Norse myth any of the beautiful maidens who serve Odin and ride over battlefields to claim the dead heroes and take them to Valhalla. [Kay Valkir (first of her name)]

“Valur” – i) Valur, which is an Icelandic word for gyrfalcon. The gyrfalcon (also spelled gerfalcon) falco rusticolus is the largest of the falcon species. ii) a Vampyre family name, meaning “valorous”, or the color of valor, blood which is red or scarlet crimson. [Octarine Valur, Kin (first of her name), members of House Valur)